Egg-crate or shipping-box.



L. D. MORTON.

EGG CRATE 0R SHIPPING BOX.

' APPLIoAgrIoN FILED MAR. 1, 1912.

v 1 072 4 7 I Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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ATET OFICE.

LAWRENCE D. MORTON, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE I-IINIDE & DAUCHPAPER COMPANY, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO, A CORPORATION OIE OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept. a, 1913.

Application filed March 1, 1912. Serial No. 680,928.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE D. M RTON, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Crates orShipping-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

It is the object of the invention to obtain a construction of paper boxin which eggs may be safely carried or shipped without danger ofcrushing, and to this end the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter set forth. I

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the boxis formed; Fig. 2 is a sectional, perspective view showing a portion ofthe box with the cover closed; and Fig. 3 is a similar view with thecover partly open.

The material from which the box is formed is preferably a double facedcorrugated or cellular paper board which is blanked out and scored asshown in Fig. 1, with a bottom portion A, sides 13 and C, ends D and Edivided from each other'by scored lines F, G, H, I. The ends D haveintegral flaps J and K at each side thereof which are divided from theportions B and O by slits L. The portion J is to form an end port-ion Jof lesser height and a bevel connecting portion J The flap K ispreferably round as shown. from the center of the intersecting scores Hand G.

M is a cover portion divided from the'p0rtion G by the score line N, andO is a down turned flap or flange on the cover divided therefrom by thescored line P, the ends of said flap being beveled at Q, to correspondwith the bevel J 2 of the flaps J.

The blank just described when formed up will make a rectangular box withthe flaps J and K turned in adjacent to the sides B and C. The loweredges of these flaps will bear against the bottom of the box forming abrace for holding the end in perpendicular position and a strip of paperor tape R pasted over the end and overlapping the sides will hold theparts in this position. The cover M when closed will rest upon the topedge of the sides while the down turned flap or flange O with its bevelends Q, will bear upon the upper edge of the flap J with its reduced endportion J and bevel J Thus any ordinary weight or pressure upon thecover cannot crush it in or cause it to bear upon the eggs of otherfragile contents of the package.

To hold the eggs out of contact with each other any ordinaryconstruction of cross partitions may be used.

In the specification and claims the employment of the word sides asdesignat-- blank of corrugated board slitted and scored to form integralsides, ends, a bottom, a cover, andflaps, said parts being arranged toprovide a rigid bearing and said flaps projecting from the ends, foldedat right angles thereto and having the bottom edges thereof engaging thebottom of the box whereby said flaps form braces for the ends,

and a flange depending from the free end of the cover and arrangedwithin the box, and

engaging said bearing, whereby the latter 7 forms a support for thecover.

2. In a paper box, the combination of bot-- tom, sides, ends and acover, formed of an integral blank of heavy corrugated board and dividedfrom each other by slitted and scored lines, a flange integral with theend, folded inward to lie adjacent to the inner face of a side andresting on the bottom, whereby said flap forms a brace for said end,said flap being cut away to provide a bearing portion of reduced heightand a beveled connecting portion, and a depending flange on the freeedge of the cover, beveled to fit the beveled portion of said flap andengaging the bearing portion thereof, providing a support for the freeedge.

3. A paper box or package, comprising a blank of heavy corrugated boardslitted or scored to form integral sides, ends, a bottom, a cover, andflaps projecting from each side of the ends, folded at right anglesthereto and having the bottom edges thereof engaging the bottom of thebox to form braces for theends, one flap of each end being partiallycutaway forming" a bearing, and a flange depending from the free edge ofthe cover arranged Within the boX and engaging the bearings whereby saidflange forms a sup port for said cover edge.

4. A paper box or package, comprising a blank of heavy corrugated boardslitted and scored to form integral sides, ends, a bottom, a cover andflaps projecting laterally from opposite sides of the ends and free fromthe sides, said flaps being folded at right angles to the ends andhaving the bottom edges thereof engaging the bottom of the box wherebysaid flaps form braces for the ends, the forward flap of each end beingcut away to provide a bearing portion of reduced height and a beveledconnecting portion, and a flange depending from the free edge of thecover and extending substantially the entire length thereof, said flangebeing beveled at the ends to fit the beveled portions of the flaps andengaging the bean ing portion of the flaps, providing a support for saidcover edge.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LAWRENCE I). MORTON. lVitnesses FRED EMMONS, SIDNEY FROHMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

